Nothing for preserving the body like having no heart.

We are told to walk noiselessly through the world, that we may waken neither hatred, nor envy; but, alas! what can we do when they never sleep!

True courage is like a kite; a contrary wind raises it higher.

None despise fame more heartily than those who have no possible claim to it.

Genius, like a torch, shines less in the broad daylight of the present than in the night of the past.

Do you know a young and beautiful woman who is not ready to flirt-just a little?

In giving alms, let us rather look at the needs of the poor than his claim to your charity.